Brick-machine.



H. R. IRELAND.

BRICK MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED1uNE23,19z5.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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H. a'. IRELAND. BRICK MACHINE.

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BRICK MACHINE.

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HARLEY R. IRELAND, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 HYDRAULIC PRESSyBRICK COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

BRICK-MACHINE.

Application filed .Tune 23, 1915.

Toall fw from t may concern Be it knovvn that I, HARLEY R. IRELAND, acitizen of the United States,residing at Brazil, in the county of Clayand State of Indiana, have invented certain neiv and useful Improvementsin Brick-Machines, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brick making machinery, and more particularlyto that class of such devices adapted to produce ornamental brick ofrough texture.

The primary object of this invention is to construct a machine of thecharacter set forth Which shall be adapted to produce line qualityornamental brick and to stand rough usage and heavy Work.

A further object of this invention is to provide a brick making machineadapted to be operated in conjunction With the column-forming apparatus.i

A further object of this invention is to incorporate in a machine of thecharacter set forth means for ornamenting the faces of the clay columnpassed through said machine and also provide means for regulating thedepth of the design imparted to the face of the clay column.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a machine of thecharacter set forth which shall be adapted to Work With the minimumamount of Waste and the maXimum amount of efficiency.

vWith the foregoing and other objects in vievv as will from time to timeappear, this invention consists in the peculiar arrangement andcombination of 'various related parts of a brick making machine ashereinafter described and more particularly set forth in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings forming a portion of this specification andillustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention and whereinsimilar reference characters indicate similar parts Wherever used,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a top plan Viewpartly broken away; Fig. 3 is a detail end View of the side ornamentingmeans; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the top ornamenting means.

rIhe framework of the machine comprises tivo similar members 5 bent inapproximately U form and provided With inturned feet 6, 6, adapted to bebolted to the top of the measuring table 7 by means of bolts 8, 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 20, 1916.

Serial No. 35,748.

Each of the members 5 carry collar bolts 9, 9 secured thereto by meansof screw Washers 10, 10 and cap nuts 11, 11. Each pair of collar bolts9, 9 carries a plate 13, held between nuts 1l, 15, which are adjustablealong the threaded length of the collar bolts 9, thus permitting of theraising and lowering of the plate 13. Each of the plates 18 carries abearing 16 of any suitable type, adapted to receive a shaft 17, sojournaled therein as to permit of lateral movement. The central portionof the shaft V17 is squared at 18 and carries tivo half cylindricalsections of Wood or other suitable material designated at 19, 19,provided with smaller projecting end pieces 20, 20, adapted to beencircled by an iron band 21 held in place by means of tapered pins 22,so as to form a complete cylinder easily removable from the shaft 17.rIhis cylinder carries upon its outer surface a plurality of pins 23projecting in a radial direction, the purpose of which will behereinafter described. Upon the shaft 17 is a sprocket Wheel 24e and adrive pulley 25.

26 designates a thrust collar of any suitable construction adapted torotate Within a yoke 27 provided with extremities 28, 28, through whichpass bolts 29 which engage threaded shoulders 30 upon one of the plates13. The bolts 29 are provided with Wing nuts 31 of relatively largerdiameter than the screw threaded portion 29, Which prevents lateralmovement of the yoke 27. By manipulation of the Wing nuts 31, 31 theyoke 27 and consequently the thrust collar 26, and the shaft 17, atransverse adjustment of the shaft 17 Within the bearings 16 may beeffected, by means of which the proper transverse location of thepin-carrying cylinder may be provided.

Bolted to the members at 32 is an upstanding U-shaped memberBS providedWith brackets Si'upon each of its legs, which brackets have squareopenings 35 adapted to receive a transverse rod 36 extending across themachine. Carried by the transverse rod 36 upon both sides of the machineare metal plate 37 provided with leather shoes 38 facing toward theinterior of the machine. Intermediate the shoes 38 the rod 36 supports aloosely suspended transverse member 89, of leather or other suitablematerial, the purpose of which Will be hereinafter set forth. Theupperpart of the U member 33 is provided with slots 40, 40, adapted toreceive bolts 41, which hold bracket members 42 which in turn carry atransverse rod 43 upon which are mounted bars 41 connected intermediatetheir ends by means of a tie rod 45 and supporting vof the roll 47. Asprocket chain 48 connects the sprocket wheel 24 with a second wheel 49upon a shaft 50 mounted in bearings 51, 51 and 52, 52, carriedby aframework 53 adapted to be bolted or secured in any other suitablemanner to the mouth 54 of the clay forming machine. The shaft is ofgreatest diameter at its-central portion 55, where it is threaded at 56,56,-to receive split bushings 57, 57, provided with collars 58 held byset screws 59. From the central' portion 55 outwardly upon each sidethereof the shaft is turned down to a diameter equal to the base of thethreaded. portionV 56, tne inner bearings 52,52 being of a size toreceive this portion of the shaft. Outside of each of the bearings 52,52the shaft 50 is again threaded at 60,- 60 to receive the lock nuts 61,61, 62, 62. The bearings 52u are mounted upon. the framework 53 by meansof boltsY 63 which are adapted to slide transversely within slots 64formed in an extension 53 of the framework 53.

'This arrangement of the mounting of the Vshaft 50 permits of transversemovement of the bearings 53 along the shaft 50.

The shaft 50 is provided with two outwardly facing pivotal gears 65which are Vslip keyed .upon the shaft' and adapted to slide along inunison with the bearings 52.

The yadjustable bearings 52 are provided with vertical journals 66 intheir lower pord tion adapted to receive shafts 67 carrying pivotalgears 68 adapted to Vmesh with the aforementioned pivotal gears 65. Theshaftsr67 are provided with cylinders 69carrying pins 70, the saidcylinders being constructed inthe same manner as above described for theone carrying pins 23. Thus rotary motion received by thek sprocket wheel49 is transmitted the shaft 50`to `the pivotal gears 65, which engagethe pivf lotal pinions 68, which in turn rotate the verticalfpincarrying roll 69. yA'set screw 71 provided with a lock nutr72 bearsagainst the' upstanding portion 73 of a step-bearing 3. i This,arrangement is similar upon both sides of the machine and permits ofadjustment for the lower end of the rollcarrying shaft 67 in accordancewith the adjustment of the upper end,due tothe lateral move- 'pivotedarms 74 is connected by means of a transverse coil spring extendingacross 'the machine and the lower pair of arms 74 is connected by asimilar coil spring 81, the tendency of these two' springs being to drawthe arms 74 and correspondingly the rolls carried thereby together.

The operation of the device is as follows: The clay columnformed withinthe machine 54 passes out between the two vertical rolls 69 which arerotated as before described, and which carry pins 70 which cut up androughen the heads or side surfaces of the clay column passingtherethrough. rlhe action of these pins is to partly or wholly detachnumerous small particles from the clay ribbon. Passing upon these rollsthe clay ribbon comes in contact with the fleece or sheep skincoveredrolls carried by the arms 74. These Vrolls are forcedY against the sideof the heads of the clay ribbon by means of the springs 80, 81, withsuch force as to roll the cla particles turned up by the pins 7 0 firmlyack upon the clay ribbon in such a manner as to leave an indefinitedesign or screening the partly filled crevices. From this operation theclay ribbon neXt passes underneath 'the two part cylinder 18, 19carrying the pins 23 which are adapted to cut up numerous particles ofclay which are partly or wholly detached from the top of the clay ribbonand lie Ain a conglomerate mass over its surface. These pins, togetherwith the pins upon the vertical rollers are so spaced that all particlesof clay are fairly uniform in size and thoroughly mixed together so asto eifectually obliterate any semblance'to mechanical or orderedarrangement of design. Passing beneath this transverse roller the clayribbon is engaged by the transverse leather member 39 which distributesthe' clayv particles turned up by the pins 23 evenly overythe shoes Vofthe clay column, being used in thisl function by the shoes 38,38,*whichare directly over the edge ico of the clay ribbon and whicheectuallypre- Y 'uniting them firmly to the clay ribbon proper andplacing the finishing touch upon the design.

Any suitable form of conveyer 82 may or may not be placed beneath theclay ribbon in order to support the same during the ornamentingoperations.

`Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gistof this invention that others can by applying current knowledge readilyadapt it for various applications without omitting certain featuresthat, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essentialcharacteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention,and therefore such adaptations should and are intended to becomprehended within the meaning and range of equivalency of thefollowing claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. In ay machine for marking a clay column, a marking device mounted toact upon the clay column, means for adjusting the position of saidmarker vertically to the column, means for adjusting said markertransversely of the column, said vertical adjusting means comprising abearing, a plurality of supports for the bearing, and means carried bythe supports to adjust the vertical location of the bearing thereon, thetransverse adjusting means comprising a shaft for the marker, a collaron said shaft and means for shifting the collar to cause the shaft tomove transversely to the clay column. I

2. In a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device mounted toact upon the clay column and means for adjusting the transverse positionof said marker relative to the column, said means comprising a Shaft forthe marker, bearings for the shaft, a collar on said shaft, and meansfor shiftingv the collar to cause the shaft to move transversely to theclay column. j

3. In a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device mounted toact upon the clay column, and means for adjusting the transverseposition of said marker relative to the column, said means comprising ashaft for the marker, bearings for the shaft, a collar on said shaft andmeans for shifting the collar to. cause the shaft to move transverselyto the clay column, said means comprising a yoke on the collar, engagingmeans on one of said bearings, 'and an adjustable member between theyoke and the engaging means.

1l. ln a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted toplace a design upon a face of the column byV cutting out particlestherefrom, and a plurality of members adjacent the marker and extendinglongitudinally of the column to prevent the particles thus cut fromfalling off the column and means for simultaneously adjusting theposition of the marker and the longitudinal members with reference tothe clay column.

5. In a. machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted toplace a design upon a face of the column by cutting out particlestherefrom, and a. plurality of members adjacent the marker and extendinglongitudially of the column to prevent the particles thus cut fromfalling off the column, and means for adjusting the members transverselyrelative to the clay column.

6. ln a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted toplace a design vupon a face of the column by cutting out particlestherefrom, and a. plurality of members adjacent the marker and extendinglongitudinally of the column to prevent the par-v ticles thus cut fromfalling off the column, and means for adjusting the members transverselyrelative to the clay column, said means comprising a support for saidmembers, a shaft, a collar ou said shaft, a yoke on the collar, meansconnecting the yoke and the member support and means for shifting thecollar and the shaft.

7. In a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted tocut out small particles therefrom, means for preventing the particlesthus cut from falling off the clay column, means for distributing thecut particles over the face of the column, and means for simultaneouslyshifting the members, distributing means and particle holding means,transversely to the clay column.

S. In a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted tocut out small particles from the face of the column, and a. iiexiblemember extending transversely to the clay column, and adjacent themarker for Vdistributing the cut .out particles over the clay column, aplurality of flexible members extending longitudinally of the claycolumn to prevent particles thus cut from falling off the clay column,and means for simultaneously shifting the transverse member and thelongitudinally extending members with reference to the clay column.

9. ln a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted tocut out small particles from the face of the column, and a flexiblemember extending transversely to the clay column and adjacent the markerfor distributing the cut out particles over the clay column, and meansfor simultaneously adjusting the transverse position of the distributingmember and the marker.

10. In a machine for marking a clay column, a marking device adapted tomark the face of the column, a plurality of markers adapted to mark thesides thereof, a frame, journals on said frame, shafts carrying the sidemarking devices mountedin said journals, and means for eecting a lateraladjustment of said journals.

11. In a machine for maiking a clay column, a marking device adapted tocut out small particles from the face of the column, and a flexiblemember extending transversely to the clay column and adjacent the markerfor distributing thecut out particles over the clay column, a pluralityofy longitudinally extending flexible members adapted to prevent the cutout particles from falling o'lf the sides of the clay column, means foreffecting a movement of the marking device, transverse flexible memberand longitudinal iieXioutparticles back upon the clay column,Y

means for simultaneously shifting the transverse flexible member andmarking device relatively to the face of the clay column; and means foradjusting the pressing means transversely of the clay column.

18. In a machine kfor marking a clay column, a marking device adaptedtomark the face of the column, a plurality of markers adapted to mark thesides thereof, a frame, journals on said frame, 'shafts carrying theside marking devices mounted in said journals, 4means 'for effecting alateral adjust- Vment of said journals, said means comprisshifting thebearings transversely relative to the clay column, pressing meansadjacent each of said markers, and means for regu- Vlating the pressureof said pressing means against the clay column.

15. In a machine for marking a clay column, a plurality of markingdevices adapted to cut the side of the column, pressing means adjacenteach of said markers, means for regulating the pressure of said pressingmeans againstl the clay column, said means comprising pivoted armscarrying said pressing means, resilient connections between said arms tocause the same to be drawn together against the sides of the claycolumn, and

`means for simultaneously shifting the marking devices and the pressingmeans traneversely relative to the clay column.

In testimony Vvvhereof I aifix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

' HARLEY R. IRELAND.

yVlitnesses: Y

, M. H. JOHNSON, M. E. DECKER.

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